Turner & Townsend
Cost Manager Life Sciences Construction
Turner & Townsend, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27601
Overview
Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for our clients. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purpose and values. Responsibilities
Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending and chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process. Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects. Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget and spend forecast with the client, developing and maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team and vendors. Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors and making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes. Manage and monitor invoicing process. Benchmark performance against other successful commissions. Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs. Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual. Develop procedures governing handover of project. Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. Project/Program specific responsibilities:
Assisting in overall project cost management and forecasting; generating project cost reports and chairing cyclical project forecast meetings with functional stakeholders; providing vendor procurement, project funding, change management control, invoice review, savings capture, and risk management services; Market sector experience: Manufacturing with more than 1 year experience; Project/program size in dollar value: $1.3B; Software specific requirements: Excel, Microsoft, SAP, Ariba. Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction. Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry. RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable. Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects. Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred. Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering. Strong communication skills. Additional information
Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/ All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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Turner & Townsend are looking for a Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join our team and support construction cost services for our clients. The ideal candidate will be driven and promote our Turner & Townsend purpose and values. Responsibilities
Advising client on strategies, managing prequalification of vendors, assessing proposals, bids, and bid levelling documents, making final recommendations to the client, attending and chairing bid interviews, and managing appointment process. Manage estimating services for full project by developing project estimates (relating to construction, fees, direct work and other costs), reviewing estimations prepared by junior team members, presenting estimates to client, presenting value engineering recommendations and risk assessments to client, meeting with vendors to review, validate, and challenge costs, and reviewing estimates by utilizing benchmark data collected from other projects. Manage cost reporting by establishing reporting schedule, reviewing and presenting cost reports and forecasts, reviewing project budget and spend forecast with the client, developing and maintaining commercial risk register, and hosting periodic meetings with project team and vendors. Manage cost control process by reviewing payment application assessments prepared by junior team members, liaising with project managers to recommend contractor entitlements, reviewing requests for change orders from vendors and making recommendations to client, and using dispute prevention/management/resolution procedures to manage payment requisitions, change orders, and contractual disputes. Manage and monitor invoicing process. Benchmark performance against other successful commissions. Manage all facets of the final accounting process and post contract audits and account close outs. Hold post-contract reviews with the client to establish a lesson learned document and apply lessons to create training manual. Develop procedures governing handover of project. Perform all the duties above through the use/preparation of Bid Analysis Sheets, Change Control Forms, Cost Estimating Software, and Take-off Software. SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. Project/Program specific responsibilities:
Assisting in overall project cost management and forecasting; generating project cost reports and chairing cyclical project forecast meetings with functional stakeholders; providing vendor procurement, project funding, change management control, invoice review, savings capture, and risk management services; Market sector experience: Manufacturing with more than 1 year experience; Project/program size in dollar value: $1.3B; Software specific requirements: Excel, Microsoft, SAP, Ariba. Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction. Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience working in a cost management role in the construction industry. RICS accredited or working towards it is valuable. Experience supporting cost management on medium or large sized construction projects. Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred. Good knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value engineering. Strong communication skills. Additional information
Turner & Townsend is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan, please email recruitmentUSA@turntown.com. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the Human Resources Department. This telephone line and email address is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/ All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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